I will warn you now and that is it… This story is REALLY TWISTED! In my opinion that is. I really hope you enjoy it though… And if not… PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME! It was all my imaginations fault!!!!!! I'm also gonna be switching from one name to the other for Ryou Bakura. I will now refer to Bakura/Raya as a she…

Oh ya… I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH… Though I wish I did… Then I'd make Bakura the main character! =^-^=

Yu-Gi-Oh - Secrets From The Past

Chapter Four: Mask Of Despair

Seto watched as Bakura… no… Raya slept… He finally knew her name but at what cost? What he'd done to her could never be forgiven. He'd ruined his chances with her… and he knew it. She deserved it though… didn't she? She'd lied to him and everyone else. She'd made him look like a fool. She'd denied it even after he'd said he knew the truth. His mind was a mess. He didn't know what to think or do. What had he done?

Seto slowly got up from his chair and walked over to her. She looked so peaceful when she slept. She'd cried herself to sleep when he'd left the room. He knew she wouldn't sleep if he were there so he'd left. He'd spent most of the night sitting by the door listening to her. He was afraid that someone would hear her so he was standing guard. Once the crying stopped he'd gone back in and covered her with a clean blanket. (I know… mood swings or what right?)

Seto sighed as he grabbed a piece of paper and wrote something on it. He then left the note on the bedside table and walked out of the room to go about his daily routine as if nothing had happened. It would look strange if he didn't.

Soon enough Raya opened her eyes and looked around her surroundings. It hadn't been a dream… She felt a tear slowly fall down her cheek and she whipped it away roughly. She slowly sat up looking around the room for her captor. He wasn't there. She looked over at the nightstand. Her clothes were neatly folded on it. She reached out weakly and took the clothing. As she did so a small piece of paper fell to the floor. She looked down at it curiously and kneeled down picking it up slowly. She put it back on the nightstand and quickly got dressed thankful to be hidden again.

She then got up from the bed looking at the piece of paper. She picked it up and opened it. She then began to read it…

You're free to go though I am keeping

 the millennium ring until I believe it is safe.

Please leave quietly. You can use the door.

 No one but my bother is home at this time.

I am sorry for hurting you. I hope that some day

you will be able to forgive me for what I have

done, though I would understand if you didn't.

Seto Kaiba

Raya narrowed her eyes slightly and in one twist of her hands the paper was ripped in half. She threw it to the ground and headed towards the window. She wasn't about to follow Kaiba's orders like one of his servants. She opened the window and looked out. A long way down. Thankfully, however, there was a tree that she could use to climb down. She took a deep breath as she stepped into the window ledge. With a quick thrust of her feet she sent herself towards the tree. She grabbed hold to a branch and pulled herself up onto it taking slow deep breaths. She'd always been afraid of heights and today was no exception.

"Not one of your smartest ideas," she mumbled to herself as she slowly slid down one branch to the next keeping her eyes to the ground below as she did so. Her feet soon reached firm ground and she sighed with relief. She looked around to make sure no one was there. She then headed towards the fence that went all around the property. She got the fence and looked it over. It was high but once again there was a tree nearby. It was usually people trying to get in that they had to worry about so they didn't bother getting rid of the trees that were inside the property. She smirked as she slowly climbed this new tree and hopped over the fence to the other side. She gently brushed herself off and looked back at the great mansion.

"Good riddance," she mumbled as she turned and walked away.

"Goodbye," Seto said as he watched her walk out of sight as he watched out his bedroom window.

Soon enough Monday came and along with it came another day of school. Raya had spent the rest of the weekend locked in her house. After the previous Friday she didn't really want to go back to school but there was something that she had to do in order to put her mind as ease. So are usual she got ready and headed out towards the school.

"Hey Bakura!" Joey shouted out as Raya walked out of the house. She looked over at the group. She really didn't want to walk to school with them that day for good reason. She was worried that she'd slip up and they'd get worried about her. She was certainly not in the best of moods at the moment. She sighed as she walked up to them.

"Where were you? We were worried," Yugi said looking up at the white haired 'boy'. The group had walked to Bakura's house and knocked several times hoping 'he' was home. Unfortunately, he wasn't and that had worried them quite a bit.

"I was out late last night helping someone with schoolwork," Raya lied. She didn't like to lie and rarely did but she could lie very well when she needed to. All she needed was her friends to buy it as they usually did.

"You were tutoring someone?" Tea asked with a bit of a smile. It was good to know that their friend was ok. The whole group relaxed at last.

"Why didn't you come and tell us?" Tristan asked. That was one question the group still wanted answered.

"Well… When I went to tell you, you had already left," she replied.

"We'd stayed for a while. We must have missed each other somehow," Yugi suggested.

"Sorry for worrying you all," Raya said as she plastered on her usual fake smile.

"I wasn't worried one bit," Duke said with a yawn.

Tristan sighed, "Inconsiderate moron," he mumbled to the black haired boy.

Duke looked at Tristan glaring at him but said nothing. The truth was, he did care… just a bit. (^_~)

"We're just glad you're ok. We were worried when you went off with Kaiba," Mai said.

Raya shuttered inwardly at the name and held back her tears, "Well… don't tell him I told you this but… He's the one I'm tutoring," she lied.

Joey, Tristan and Duke could not hold back their laughter at that bit of information. Seto Kaiba getting tutored was just too much for them.

"That isn't nice you three," Tea scowled at them. Some people were just so insensitive.

Raya sighed and looked to the ground. If only they knew what was going through her mind at that time. If only they knew what she intended to do.

"You ok Bakura?" Yugi asked looking over to his white haired friend.

"I'm fine," she replied, "Just a bit tired. I had a bit of trouble sleeping last night. My neighbors dog decided to stay up all night and keep everyone in the neighborhood up with him."

"Just don't fall asleep in class. Teachers hate that," Duke said grinning slightly. He knew a lot about how the teachers reacted to different things. He seemed to make it his duty to test them.

"I'm sure they do but I'm not about to fall asleep and find out," Raya answered, "I'm sorry everyone but I've got to go find Seto… umm… Kaiba… I promised to help him with his science this morning."

"I really don't know how you can help that creep," Joey said shaking his head in slight disbelief.

'If only you knew,' Raya thought as she turned and headed off, "Bye."

"See you after school then?" Yugi asked.

"I'm leaving early today. I've got a doctors appointment," Raya lied as she walked away.

"Oh… Ok then… We'll see you tomorrow then I guess," Yugi replied.

Raya bit her lip as she walked away from the group. She headed through the schoolyard and soon walked to the secluded area where Seto had first told her he'd found out her secret. She stopped and stood there for several seconds.

"Hello Raya," came a voice suddenly. Raya narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists.

She suddenly twisted around quickly bringing her hand out at the person and shoving him against the wall of the school. As she did so, with her other hand, she quickly brought out the knife that had been in her pocket putting it to the figures throat.

Seto went wide-eyed. This was definitely not something he was expecting, though after what he'd done he didn't blame her.

"This is the part where you explain to me why I shouldn't kill you," Raya spat in her male voice pushing the knife a little closer to cutting his neck.

"You wouldn't do that," Seto said looking very serious though he was very unsure of what he'd just said.

"What makes you think that?" she asked in a calm get viscous voice, "You don't know anything about me… You have no idea what I'm capable of."

"I know you well enough to know you're no killer," Seto said.

"Think again," she growled pushing the knife even further and cutting him slightly.

"Jesus Christ!" came another voice suddenly as someone ran up and grabbed Raya by the wrist which held the knife and swung her around. She glared at Tristan who had grabbed her. The whole group was there and they all looked pretty shocked.

Joey walked up and grabbed the knife, "Crisis averted."

Raya narrowed her eyes even more and roughly pulled her arm out of Tristan's grip. She then walked through the group and kept going.

Yugi nodded to Joey then turned and went off after Raya… or to him… Bakura. Tea and Mai followed close behind.

Joey, Tristan and Duke stayed behind with Kaiba.

"Ok… What the fuck did you do?" Tristan asked angrily. He knew "Bakura" well enough to know he would never do something like that unless he's been driven to it.

"Stay out of things that don't concern you," Seto growled. He wasn't about to tell them the truth for his sake… and for hers.

"Screw you Kaiba!" Joey shouted, "It concerns us a hell of a lot. In case you hadn't noticed, that's our friend who just tried to kill you and we want to know why!"

Seto narrowed his eyes and grabbed Joey by the collar, "Stay the fuck out of other peoples business, Wheeler."

Duke then grabbed the wrist Seto was using to hold Joey, "Let him go and cool down."

Seto let Joey go and glared at Duke. Tristan then stepped in front of the black haired boy and Joey placed himself beside Tristan. Seto snorted slightly and turned, walking away. Joey and Tristan went to go after him but Duke grabbed their shoulders and shook his head.

"Let him go."

"Ya… I'm sure Yugi and the girls are doing better anyway," Joey said.

(Meanwhile)

"Bakura stop!" Yugi shouted as he finally caught up to the white haired "boy". When "Bakura" didn't respond Yugi grabbed him by the wrist. Bakura stopped but refused to look at his short friend.

Tea and Mai walked over to the front of "him" and crossed their arms.

"What's going on Bakura? What were you doing back there?" Yugi asked.

"What did it look like I was doing?" Raya asked the reincarnated pharaoh as she looked at the ground with her eyes still narrowed.

"Bakura… We're your friends… We just want to help you," Tea said looking at "Bakura" with a sad look on her face.

"Do you really want to help me?" Raya asked with a sad look on her face.

"Of course we do," Yugi said with a sweet smile. They were finally getting through to "him".

Raya narrowed her eyes, "Then leave me alone."

The three looked at their friend with shock. Mai narrowed her eyes suddenly and walked closer to "Bakura" slapping "him" across the face.

"If that's the way you treat your friends then I'm surprised you even have any."

"Mai!" Tea gasped.

Raya then gave Mai a disgusted look, "I never asked for friends and I never needed any." With that Raya turned and walked away leaving Yugi and the two girls in shock. As she walked away a single tear dripped down her cheek, 'but I've never ceased wanting friends…'